A major consequence of biological terrorism in a military setting is the wide degree of contamination of combat/protective equipment used by war-fighters and first responders. Appropriate selection of a decon technology, successful implementation, and re-use of assets following decontamination rely principally on extensive pre- and post-decontamination sampling. One of the challenges related to the Test & Evaluation demonstration of decon products has been poor recovery of biological contaminants from complex ...
In 2001, dissemination of letters tainted with anthrax-causing spores through USPS led to a limited number of deaths and contamination of several hundred thousand cubic feet of surface space within government and commercial buildings. In the context of homeland security, these and other cases involving ricin toxin demonstrated the urgent need to develop countermeasures for cleaning up complex surfaces relevant to personnel protective equipment (PPE). Four relevant surface materials (polycarbonate, ...
The purpose of this test was to evaluate two Clean Earth Technologies (CET) decontamination solutions against agent at the laboratory scale per a customer request. The Chemical Decontamination Solution (CDS) was evaluated against the chemical agents, RD, GD, and VX, using standard stirred reactor and panel tests. The results were compared against DF200. The Biological Decontamination Solution (BDS) was evaluated against Bacillus anthracis using standard methods and compared against bleach. ...
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